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Ergenics Delivers Custom Hydride/Hydrogen Storage Vessels

3 June 1998

Ergenics Delivers Custom Hydride/Hydrogen Storage Vessels for Fuel Cell Applications

    RINGWOOD, N.J., June 3 -- Ergenics, Inc. announced today that
it has delivered its 300th custom metal hydride/hydrogen storage vessel for
use with fuel cells.  The hydride vessels deliver clean dry hydrogen gas which
is efficiently converted into electrical energy by the fuel cells.  Fuel cell
hydrogen storage is the fastest growing market for Ergenics' hydride vessels.
    Fuel cells produce electrical power by reacting a fuel, usually hydrogen,
with oxygen.  They are very efficient and, when using hydrogen, are pollution
free.  Used in space for many years, fuel cells are now being developed for a
wide range of energy supply applications including hybrid electric vehicles,
electricity generation for utilities, industries and homes, and portable
power.  Their high efficiency reduces dependence on fossil fuels and their
zero emissions do not contribute to global warming.
    Ergenics' hydrogen storage units offer safe, compact, high purity,
portable, and long life storage of hydrogen.  They employ Ergenics' Hy-Stor(R)
reversible metal hydride alloys which possess the remarkable ability to absorb
large quantities of hydrogen at room temperature and can release the hydrogen
upon demand at low pressure.  Hydrogen storage in a metal hydride alloy is
more volume efficient than compressed gas or liquid hydrogen storage, allowing
Ergenics' storage units to meet the strict size requirements for portable and
remote fuel cell applications.  In addition, hydride storage is much safer
than compressed gas or liquid because the hydrogen is actually stored as a
solid metal.  Ergenics' Hy-Stor alloys can be charged and discharged more than
1,000,000 times without degradation.  Currently, Ergenics offers six standard
and many custom hydrogen storage units ranging in sizes that store from
7 liters to 6,800 liters of hydrogen.
    Ergenics is a world leader in the development and commercialization of
metal hydride alloys and hydride related devices.  In addition to offering
hydride systems for fuel cell applications, Ergenics is developing advanced
rechargeable batteries with high capacity and long life for utility
distributed energy storage, electric bicycles and hybrid electric vehicles.
Privately owned, Ergenics, Inc. has its headquarters and principal
manufacturing operation in northern New Jersey.